Barclay House (Bedford, Pennsylvania)
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Barclay House, also known as the Bedford Mansion, is a historic home located at Bedford
in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
. It was built in 1889, and is a 2 1/2-story, brick dwelling with Gothic
and Italianate
style details. It has a jerkin-head gable roof. It once housed the Bedford County Public Library.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1978.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
Bedford is a borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, west of the State Capital, Harrisburg. It is the county seat of Bedford County. Bedford was established in the mid-18th century. Population counts follow: 1890, 2,242; 1900, 2,167; 1910, 2,385. The population was 3,141 at the 2000...
in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Bedford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,762. The county seat is Bedford. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
. It was built in 1889, and is a 2 1/2-story, brick dwelling with Gothic
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
and Italianate
Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
style details. It has a jerkin-head gable roof. It once housed the Bedford County Public Library.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1978.